adding a user

[ddm at pizzashack.org (Derek Martin)]

On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 06:07:20PM -0400, Manish Raj Sharma wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am operating as root to a linux box that I have. I want to create
> another user id for myself so that I don't have to log in as root
> everytime. When I do 
> adduser xyz
> it says:
> adduser: cannot create directory /home/xyz
> Can anybody guide me how to do this. I hope I got my question clear.

Does the directory /home exist?  Is it mounted on a writable
filesystem?  Is the filesystem full?  Are you sure you're really root
(i.e. is your UID 0)?  This may seem like a silly question, but if
this isn't a machine you've installed yourself, then the previous
administrator of the machine may have changed the name of the root
account...


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